====== ASC2ANS ======

Converts a Synchronet ASCII text file encoded with [[custom:Ctrl-A codes]] (e.g. ''*.msg'' or ''*.asc'' file) to the equivalent [[ref:ANSI]] terminal escape sequences.

This utility allows you to convert files that use Ctrl-A codes (attributes) into ANSI files suitable for viewing or editing with a [[resource:ANSI Editors]] (the opposite function of the [[ANS2ASC]] utility).

The syntax is:
  asc2ans infile.asc [outfile.ans] [options]

^ Option ^ Description ^
| -strip | strip Ctrl-A codes without [[ref:ANSI]] equivalent, e.g. pause, delay |


The suffix/extension for the input filename will most likely be ''.asc'' or ''.msg'' and the output file should have a ''.ans'' extension.

If an ''[outfile.ans]'' argument is not provided, the converted ANSI output is sent to ''stdout''.

===== See Also =====
  * [[:util:|Utilities]]
  * [[:util:ANS2ASC]]
  * [[:resource:ANSI Editors]]

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